Sartoma's Plan

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 40174

With an effort, Astra refocused on the here and now. She saw that the others were staring at her. Sartoma had removed the statue from the globe, which presumably was what had brought her vision to an abrupt end. "You told us what you heard," Sartoma said. "Did you see anything?"

When Astra had recounted what she had seen, Checkers said: "You saw the White River Road."

Sartoma said: "Well, that settles it. There is no longer any doubt that you are linked to the land of the Gliders, Astra. Since it appears from what I've been told that the chamber which Minestus used when in human form is no longer accessible to us, then to find out more it seems that we shall need to visit that land. I see no reason to delay."

"But that journey would take weeks," Checkers pointed out.

"Not when we have a dragoness as transport. Astra, would you be willing to take us there?"

"Of course. But would it be safe? I've hardly used my wings yet. I don't know what my load-carrying ability is. And supposing I was to do what I did a little while ago, and changed back whilst in mid-air?"

"That was an instinctive reaction. You don't need to worry about that happening whilst you are flying. You won't instinctively do anything that's a threat to your own self-preservation. The weight won't be a problem for you, but there are too many of us to make our travelling perched on your back practical. However somewhere in the caves there should be stored a gondola that we used to employ occasionally in the old days, and we can travel in that."

"But when my people see Astra in the sky it will cause panic. And those who don't flee will try to kill her."

"I understand that. Astra will have to land just outside your borders. We shall then proceed on foot. With my help, Astra may have enough control to come with us in human form. If not, then she will have to wait where she is for us to return. Are you happy, Checkers? Astra? Fred? Solbert?"

  1. Everyone was willing to adopt Sartoma's plan.
  2. There was an objection.

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